Thanks for the post. Being a product of an American public education, we were taught almost nothing about Asian history. Only with the Internet did I start to learn about how advanced Asian cultures really were during the same time Western cultures were barely getting by. Thousands of years ago, when people were basically living in grass huts, great Asian cities were being built with fantastic technology.

I hope to do some traveling that way sometime soon and visit museums and such to see, with my own eyes, the wonderful contributions ancient Asian cultures have given to the world. But until that happens, I'll watch for posts like this.